Revit Dormer Roof Tutorial

Today i am posting a small tutorial about creating dormer dormer openings in revit architecture.

Revit dormer roof tutorial.

How to build a roof dormer part of revit. You can model this in any of the 3 primary roof modelling methods but in the example i have opted to use the roof by extrusion tool. Roof overhang should be set to 2 0. Set view to level 2.

Figure 1 shows what appears to be two identical dormers. Dormers in revit you should be able to draw two kinds of dormers. Draw a building with a gable roof. Architecture tab opening panel dormer opening structure tab opening panel dormer opening highlight the main roof on the building model and click to select it.

First a work plane needs to be decided upon. How to model a dormer roof in revit. Modeling an a frame dormer. Aubin for an in depth discussion in this video rewind.

Once the dormer cut has been created in the main roof should the dormer roof require a change of design editing the cut will depend on the method originally used to create the dormer roofs. To create a dormer roof we first need to start with the smaller roof portion of the dormer. Want to create a dormer window. This tutorial explains the process to create a gable dormer in revit.

It is a very simple process but has a few steps so if you are having problems with dormers or interested in learning continue reading the first step is to create some temporary walls as shown in the image below. Watch the status bar to be sure that you are highlighting the main roof. Type 2 dormers do not have sidewalls and the dormer roof springs from the eaves of the main roof steps for type 1 dormers. This guide provides the answers to the most common roof problems beginners face with revit.

Type 1 dormers have sidewalls. The tutorial below will take you step by step through modeling some of the most common dormers in revit. The pick roof wall edges tool is active so that you can pick the boundaries that compose the dormer opening. The dormer is typically made up of two cheek walls a face wall and an an a frame or shed styled roof.

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